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  Yesterday in Paradise – A Goan journalist remembers days of sunshine and sorrow in Kenya Posted: 27 December, 2019 | Category: Book Reviews Yesterday in Paradise 1950-1974 by Cyprian Fernandes (Balboa Press, Australia 2017)   Review by TREVOR GRUNDY   “History,” says a character in Louis de Bernieres’s novel Captain Corellis’s Mandolin ,”ought to consist only of the anecdotes of the little people who are caught up in it.” Yesterday in Paradise by Cyprian Fernandes is an anecdote-driven non-fiction book that paints a moving picture of the rise of an impoverished Goan teenager from the backstreets of the Asian quarter of Nairobi to a position of  importance in the Kenyan media between the mid-1960s, through to the mid-1970s. As such, it is an important contribution to our understanding of the problems facing ethnic and religious communities in post-colonial countries. There are other books that tell you more about the Goans and their history. But for a full taste of...

 

  GOAN SPORTS ICONS FROM EAST AFRICA: The lovable clown prince of sport CYPRIAN FERNANDES Published Aug 25, 2023, 11:36 PM IST SHARE ON PRINT Sylvester (Silu) Fernandes will always be remembered for being one of the guys who ever played any    sport . He lived his life with a happy smile no matter what the situation. He drove many an opposing play around the bend with some of his unconventional antics as a left half-back … for example, on one occasion, his stick got stuck in an opposing player’s sock … they had a laugh and beer after the game.    Hockey mates used to say that Silu had a trick and a smile for every occasion. He remains amongst the most loved of any sport he played. Hailing from Carmona-Salcete, three-time Kenya    hockey international, Silu, the second of five brothers, was born on November 26, 1936, in Nairobi where he attended the Goan Mecca of sportsmen and sportswomen, the famed Dr Ribeiro Goan School. Growing up at the Railway ...

  GOAN SPORTS ICONS FROM EAST AFRICA: The lovable clown prince of sport CYPRIAN FERNANDES Published Aug 25, 2023, 11:36 PM IST SHARE ON PRINT Sylvester (Silu) Fernandes will always be remembered for being one of the guys who ever played any    sport . He lived his life with a happy smile no matter what the situation. He drove many an opposing play around the bend with some of his unconventional antics as a left half-back … for example, on one occasion, his stick got stuck in an opposing player’s sock … they had a laugh and beer after the game.    Hockey mates used to say that Silu had a trick and a smile for every occasion. He remains amongst the most loved of any sport he played. Hailing from Carmona-Salcete, three-time Kenya    hockey international, Silu, the second of five brothers, was born on November 26, 1936, in Nairobi where he attended the Goan Mecca of sportsmen and sportswomen, the famed Dr Ribeiro Goan School. Growing up at the Railway qu...